Ken Rogoff says it's good that things in the US are this bad

Emerging markets have been fairly resilient since the brief panic that started in late January but the game is surely up.

The Mayan prophesy predicts the end of the world in 2012, but our readers reckon it will signal the end of the global financial crisis.

Satyajit Das’s latest book provides a history of money and, though not directly about the crisis, is an insight into the origins of today’s problems.

Singapore-based Marketa Dvorak started earlier this month at the active asset manager and was previously at Wellington Management.

During FA’s 5th China Fixed Income Summit, senior directors from AXA Investment Managers, Ping An Asset Management and Fitch, discussed how confidence in both the property sector and private economy could be rebuilt in 2024.

Japanese media company Nikkei agrees to buy the FT as Pearson focuses on education business. The deal excludes Pearson’s 50% stake in The Economist Group.